We know you have seen many of these type of spider cookies on Pinterest and wanted make some for our Halloween Dinner, they’re easy to make and your kids will love them.
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Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
*2 (17.5 ounce) packages Peanut Butter Cookie Mix, we have used Betty Crocker brand, make cookie dough make as directed on package or you could use Pillsbury refrigerated Peanut Butter Cookie dough which we used to make these cookies
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*1 pound 3.5 ounces package Reese’s Miniatures Peanut Butter Cups, family size, un-wrapped (about 65 per package) you will have extras
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*Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers, follow melting instructions on bag
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*Pastry Bag with small Tip
*Wilton Candy Eyeballs or make White Wafer Eyeballs, instructions below
Using a cookie scoop, scoop out cookie dough and roll into round 1-2 inch dough balls. Place the dough balls on a flat cookie sheet and refrigerate an 1 hour.
*On a Silpat covered 1/2 baking sheet, bake the cookies in a pre-heated oven at 350*F. for 9 to 11 minutes.
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Remove the baked cookies from the oven adding the Reese’s peanut butter cups to the center of each baked peanut butter cookie.
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Make sure cookies are still hot/warm from the oven, when adding Reese’s peanut butter cups. Allow peanut butter cookies to cool before piping on the melted dark chocolate wafer spider legs. We opted to only put 6 legs on our spiders instead of 8.
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Also use the melted chocolate to attach eyeballs to the peanut butter cup.
In the picture white chocolate wafers are shown but we used dark chocolate wafers.
Eyeballs
*1/2 cup White Chocolate Wafers, melted
*Mini Chocolate Chips
*Pastry Bag with small tip
*Wax Paper
Melt the white wafers in a I cup measuring cup, melt in the microwave in 30 second increments until melted.
Scoop melted wafers into the pastry bag and pip small dots onto the wax paper adding a mini chocolate chip to the centers before they dry. When dry remove from wax paper and add to desired cookie etc..
Enjoy!
Jessica
